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CHRONIC. The VTC company Uber found itself in the eye of the storm after accusations of a “secret deal” with Emmanuel Macron, when he was minister.
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By Ferghane Azihari
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” Lhe regulatory limitation of the number of taxis harms the satisfaction of demand and leads to the creation of “acquired situations”. This observation was not established by a lobbyist employed by Uber, but by the writers of the Armand-Rueff report submitted in 1960. This shows that the privileges enjoyed by this profession have been denounced for a long time. Since then, critical opinions issued by various official bodies have multiplied.
In 2008 and 2014, the Attali commission and the General Inspectorate of Finance castigated the harm that the limitation of the supply of taxis inflicted on the user. Everyone perceives that the taxi monopoly is in no way in keeping with the general interest. It is only the mark of a corporatism worthy of the Old Regime, which was believed to have been defeated with the Revolution…
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